Recent content by Justmewithchix

That sounds like it would be hilarious to see! Lol Thanks for the suggestions! So far since getting rid of them I haven't seen anything new. I'm checking every morning while doing my rounds before work, but I'll keep this in mind for future :)

Unfortunately I don't really have the time at the moment (life is crazy right now) to hang around and wait for them to leave. If that was a luxury I had at the moment I probably would, but due to some circumstances I'm looking at "walk out, take care of it, then leave" kind of solutions 😕 This...

Thank you guys for the replies. As of this morning, I discovered one additional hornet on the outside nest and a wasp on, what I thought was, the empty nest on the inside. So after doing some thinking, I'm probably going to go with the the above suggested brand wasp killer, as all my reading...

Lol fair enough. I was trying to avoid using something harsh on the inside of the coop though. Can I use this inside without issues to the chickens?

I discovered (amd I don't know how I missed them until now) wasp or hornet nests in and around my coop and need some help to A) Identify if possible, and B) Know what to do with them. I don't necessarily WANT to kill them, but I don't really like the idea of an active nest INSIDE the enclosed...

Yes, wet overall. We get frequent rain throughout both winter and summer. The coop is built well enough to stay dry inside. Yeah, let's just say the number 19 was an accident. Lol the coop was build to accommodate 12 laying hens, which is what was agrees on. Then someone here in my house got a...

Question for you guys. I have a roughly 6x8 ft (floor space, they've got some roosting rods and they're nesting nooks as well raised from the floor in the coop) raised coop for my 19 strong flock of 6-7 week old chicks, and I'm currently using Pine Shavings inside of it. I live in North-Western...

Thank for the suggestions!🙏 I'm hoping with a little tweaking of the space plus time will fix the issue. I've also been finding references to products I can use on the injured chicks to discourage further pecking if it really comes down to it.

I had previously been leaving the feeder and one of the two waterers inside the coop and sprinkling some of their food on the ground outside in the run, but after reading a bit, both from you and other threads I manages to find, I'm going to try moving both waterers and the feeder outside (I'm...

The run is about 37'x37', the coop is about 8'x6' roughly, but we are allowing them access to the larger space of the run during the day. I haven't taken more recent pictures than these yet (took these when we first moved them), but this is the space they're in, I've since cluttered it a bit...

So I've got my just about 6 weeks old flock of Buff Orpington chicks, I've got 19 to the flock, I moved them to the outdoor coop/run about a week ago as they had started to bully each other to the point of bleeding, about a day or two ago now I started to notice that some chicks are missing...

I have a quick question for you guys on this if you'd be willing answer on the current thread. I'm not sure when is good to put this girl back with the flock, one said when the wound was no longer visible and I'm trying to judge what that counts as with chickens. Here's a picture of this little...

Thank you! I do! Here's a quick pic I took right after we moved them into the coop itself and they started looking around, as well as a shot from outside the run area. I'll let them loose in the run soon. I didn't take a pic of it, but I've since added a little tiered bridge for them climb up on...

I did end up moving them just a little bit ago, after an incident with another one (not nearly as bad, but still broke some feathers). They seem a lot happier and they're all exploring the new space. Thank you so much! I was a bit lost on what to do, as I thought they needed to be a little...

Thank you all for the warm welcome and advice! I was going to wait another day or so to watch this little one and let the wound heal up a bit so I could move them all at once, but I walked out to the garage where the pen was when I heard some squawking and they had started picking on another...